A textile includes a main material layer and an information carrier including haptically detectable information. The information carrier is arranged as an embroidery including Braille dots applied to the main material layer. The embroidery includes a first ply if the Braille dots arranged as a star-shaped stitching that is stitched onto the main material layer and a second ply of the Braille dots is arranged as a first cover stitching ply covering the first ply and stitched onto one or both of the main material layer and the first ply.
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1. A textile comprising: a main material layer; an information carrier including haptically detectable information, the information carrier arranged as an embroidery including Braille dots applied to the main material layer; the embroidery includes a first ply of the Braille dots arranged as a star-shaped stitching that is stitched onto the main material layer and a second ply of the Braille dots is arranged as a first cover stitching ply covering the first ply and stitched onto one or both of the main material layer and the first ply.
2. The textile according to claim 1 , further comprising a third ply of the Braille dots arranged as a second cover stitching ply which is stitched onto one or all of the main material layer, the first ply, and the second ply, wherein the second ply and the third ply are stitched above one another in an interlacing manner.
3. The textile according to claim 1 , further comprising a stitched lock-stitch area provided between the main material layer and the embroidery including the Braille dots.
4. The textile according to claim 1 , wherein the embroidery including the Braille dots has an elevation of at least 0.4 mm.
5. The textile according to claim 1 , wherein the Braille dots are arranged such that they are readable as Braille printing.
6. The textile according to claim 1 , further comprising a black printing embroidery that is stitched onto the main material layer adjacent to the embroidery of Braille dots, the black printing embroidery corresponding in its meaning to that of the embroidery having the Braille dots.
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November 4, 2011
September 23, 2014
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